But they were definite fond memories of having tea parties in the ape house and pretending that the gorillas that were behind the cage were sharing tea with me. We’d pretend back and forth, and the keepers were all very sweet and would assist in this game of tea parties… Read More
Yeah. Yeah, we each seven years apart. Each one had seven years. The youngest one, I remember when she was ask if she could go and stay with her sister because her sister was 14. No, what was she? Ellen was 14. Yeah, and I was- And she wanted to… Read More
You’re looking at it. (laughs) Yeah. A pain in the butt. No, it’s a great story that never fails at a dinner party. (laughs) Say, “Where did you grow up?” And you get to say, “Well, I did live in a zoo.” That’s always pretty exciting, but I think, as… Read More
Who? Me?… Read More
(Robert laughs) No, Oggi was reserved for one person, and he sat in that big chair upstairs. Yeah, Oggi Busch, yeah. Oh, they had a quick question for you, Janet. Read More
What was it like growing up in the zoo?… Read More
Was there any time, in Busch Gardens, where Mr. Busch wanted animals named after friends of his?… Read More
Not that I can recall. Read More
You didn’t have Oggi the rhino?… Read More
I remember, at Busch Gardens, some of the names of the animals seemed much more, at the time, for me, when I was a kid, exotic or something, you know?… Read More
Yeah. Read More
Mm-hmm. Read More
(Janet laughs) Didn’t you name animals after donors?… Read More
It’s better than Geoffrey the Giraffe. Well, you might do that but not- Well, maybe it was Joe. But “Joe,” no, there’s no donor named Joe. Oh, I’m sure there’s plenty of donors named Joe. (Mark chuckles) you felt so strongly about (Robert laughs) things like that. Read More
There was a time, though, when, I think, there was a change when there was more of an effort made to name things something that seemed more consistent with its native habitat, wasn’t there?… Read More
What’d ya mean “what”? Joe?… Read More
(chuckles) What should it be named?… Read More
Joe the giraffe?… Read More
Joe the giraffe. (chuckles) D’you remember Joe the giraffe?… Read More
No. Anybody who would name a giraffe Joe’s silly. Read More